Danville's Historic North Theatre to Host 1st Annual Houdini Festival, 6/21-22
by BWW News Desk - March 24, 2013 Today, March 24, 2013, is the 139th anniversary of the birth of Harry Houdini the great magician and escape artist. To commemorate this birthday, America's only World Champion Illusionist, Wayne Alan, and his theatre, The Historic North Theatre in Danville, VA, announce the First Annual Houdini Fest...
Photo Flash: Tony-Winning MEMPHIS Writers David Bryan & Joe DiPietro Join Orpheum Sidewalk of Stars
by Kelsey Denette - April 30, 2013 The Tony Award Winning duo David Bryan and Joe DiPietro, co-writers of MEMPHIS THE MUSICAL, were added to the Orpheum's famed 'Sidewalk of Stars' during a special presentation at the Orpheum Theatre on Saturday, April 27....
VENUS IN FUR Playwright David Ives Boards Creative Team of Broadway-Bound HOUDINI
by Tyler Peterson - December 24, 2013 A representative for the show has confirmed to BWW that VENUS IN FUR playwright, David Ives, will write the book for HOUDINI. Ives has been attached to the project for a number of months, as first reported by BWW earlier this year in a video interview with Jack O'Brien. Aaron Sorkin had previously s...
TV: Hugh Jackman Raises Money for MPTF at ONE NIGHT ONLY Concert
by Nicole Rosky - October 14, 2013 Academy Award nominee and Tony and Golden Globe Award winner Hugh Jackman brought his critically acclaimed one-man show from Broadway to Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre for a performance benefitting MPTF (Motion Picture & Television Fund), Saturday, October 12th. The event raised $1.85 million. In the vi...
Hugh Jackman-Led HOUDINI Musical to Play Chicago Prior to Broadway?
by Nicole Rosky - August 29, 2013 According to the Associated Press, the highly-anticipated new Houdini musical, which will feature stage and screen star Hugh jackman in the ttle role might have a out of town tryout before moving on to New York. Houdini composer Stephen Schwartz recently revealed thathe hopes the musical will play ...
PROJECT HOUDINI is Released by Thom Fillinger
by BWW News Desk - April 08, 2013 It was late in autumn in nineteen-hundred and ninety. Flying saucer mania was rampant. The American public was very curious about such mysterious things as, the paranormal, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and the Bermuda Triangle. For the most part, the public was unaware of the low profile studies i...
Evanna Lynch and Stuart Brennan to Star in 2013 UK Tour of HOUDINI?
by BWW News Desk - May 05, 2013 According to WildAboutHoudini.com, Evanna Lynch (Harry Potter films) and Stuart Brennan will likely star in the upcoming UK tour of Houdini. The show is set to make its World Premiere on September 9, 2013 at the Stoke-on-Trent Repertory Theatre, produced by Theatre Giant....
BREAKING NEWS: Manhattan Concert Productions to Bring TITANIC Concert to Avery Fisher Hall on February 17, 2014
by Nicole Rosky - July 09, 2013 Manhattan Concert Productions has just announced the second installment of its Broadway Series, with a concert performance of the critically acclaimed Broadway musical, TITANIC, for one night only at New York's renowned Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on Monday, February 17, 2014....
Stuart Brennan Officially Joins Evanna Lynch in 2013 UK Tour of HOUDINI, Kicking Off Sept 9
by BWW News Desk - May 28, 2013 'HOUDINI', a dramatic, darkly comic new play about two of the greatest performers the world has ever known - the Houdini Brothers: stuntmen, illusionists, magicians - will premiere at Stoke on Trent Repertory Theatre on September 9th before touring the UK throughout September and October....
The House Theatre of Chicago's DEATH AND HARRY HOUDINI Extends Through Aug 18
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2013 The House Theatre of Chicago's hit production, Death and Harry Houdini, is once again selling out performances at The Chopin Theatre (1543 W. Division St.). The company announces an extension through August 18, adding seven performances to accommodate the high demand....
Hugh Jackman's ONE NIGHT ONLY Benefit at L.A.'s Dolby Theatre Raises $1.85 Million for MPTF
by Tyler Peterson - October 13, 2013 Academy Award nominee and Tony and Golden Globe Award winner Hugh Jackman brought his critically acclaimed one-man show from Broadway to Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre for a performance benefitting MPTF (Motion Picture & Television Fund), last night - and raised $1.85 million in doing so, according to D...
BWW Reviews: RAGTIME at Hale Centre Theatre West Valley is Exquisite
by Tyler Hinton - June 17, 2013 Hale Centre Theatre West Valley's production of RAGTIME is exquisite in every way. It could easily be the best theatrical production in Utah this year....
EgoPo Classic Theater to Present THE LIFE (AND DEATH) OF HARRY HOUDINI, 3/29-4/7
by Kelsey Denette - February 25, 2013 EgoPo Classic Theater will present the world premiere of The Life (and Death) of Harry Houdini. This one-of-a-kind theater piece is being created by and under the direction of EgoPo's, Brenna Geffers. This is the second installment of EgoPo's season long American Vaudeville Festival and will be pres...
James Earl Jones II & Mark David Kaplan to Lead CCT's A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD, Begin 10/9
by Tyler Peterson - August 28, 2013 Chicago Children's Theatre (CCT) is kicking off Season 8: Grow with a delightful new production of A Year with Frog and Toad, the Tony-nominated musical based on the Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel, directed by Henry Godinez, resident artist at the Goodman. Performances start October 9, 2013 at ...
SMOKE AND MIRRORS Extends Through 12/29 at The Road on Lankershim
by Tyler Peterson - October 23, 2013 What are you afraid of? Lifetime member of the Magic Castle, and accomplished actor Albie Selznickposes this question just in time for Halloween with a special Thursday night performance on Oct. 31, the same day Harry Houdini died in 1926. Come for the magic, the mystery and more new illusions in Sm...
Hugh Jackman-Led HOUDINI Musical to Hold Third Workshop; Broadway in A Little Over a Year?
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2013 Stage and screen star Hugh Jackman told the Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye that he has plans to hold a third workshop for HOUDINI and hopes to bring the musical to Broadway 'within a year or 18 months'. The actor is also searching for two-to-four weeks during which he can bring his one-man show to Londo...
Author Thom Fillinger's Novel Stars Survivor of the Bermuda Triangle's Secret
by Robert Diamond - July 03, 2013 What if someone faced the mysterious power of the Bermuda Triangle and survived to tell the tale?...
THE MAGIC PARLOUR Enters Third Year at Palmer House Hilton
by Tyler Peterson - February 20, 2014 After running for two years at the Chopin Theatre in Wicker Park, Dennis Watkins' one- man-show, The Magic Parlour: an intimate evening of classic magic, first appeared at The Palmer House Hilton on New Year's Eve of 2011. Produced by The House Theatre of Chicago, this intimate, close-up magic and m...
SMOKE & MIRRORS Offers Special Halloween Show Tonight
by Don Grigware - October 31, 2013 What are you afraid of? Lifetime member of the Magic Castle and accomplished actor Albie Selznick poses this question just in time for Halloween with a special Thursday night performance tonight, Oct. 31, the same day Harry Houdini died in 1926....
The Illusionists to Headline Arts Centre Melbourne's Summer Season, 3-12 Jan
by Tyler Peterson - November 19, 2013 Headlining Arts Centre Melbourne's summer season is The Illusionists, a grand and spectacular celebration of the art of magic by the most innovative illusionists working today, which will be leaving State Theatre audiences speechless from 3 to 12 January 2014....
Hugh Jackman-Led HOUDINI Musical to Hold Third Workshop; Broadway in A Little Over a Year?
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2013 Stage and screen star Hugh Jackman told the Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye that he has plans to hold a third workshop for HOUDINI and hopes to bring the musical to Broadway 'within a year or 18 months'. The actor is also searching for two-to-four weeks during which he can bring his one-man show to Londo...
PLOUGHED UNDER: AN AMERICAN SONGBOOK Opens 4/28 in Chicago
by Kelsey Denette - April 15, 2013 The House Theatre of Chicago ventures into new territory, giving life to a concert-style telling of American folk and tall tales. Composer Kevin O'Donnell delves into our nation's early history illuminating stories often outside of the mainstream. The production begins performances April 19, 2013 at...
SLEIGHT MISHAPS: PARTNERS IN DECEPTION to Combine Magic and Comedy at Gorilla Tango, 12/28
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2013 For one night only, magicians Trent James and Brian Kirshenbaum grace the Gorilla Tango stage with 'Sleight Mishaps: Partners in Deception.' This comedy magic show plays on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at 7:30 pm for audiences 16 years and older at Gorilla Tango Bucktown, 1919 N Milwaukee, Chicago IL...
BBC America Premieres DANGERMAN: THE INCREDIBLE MR. GOODWIN Tonight
by TV News Desk - July 08, 2013 Houdini's heartstopping stunts will come to BBC America this summer....
THE DEAD LEGEND to Make New York Premiere at NYMF, 7/12-13
by Nicole Rosky - June 20, 2013 NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL (NYMF) and the UNIVERSITY OF GREAT FALLS (UGF) are pleased to announce the New York premiere production of Michael Gilboe's, in collaboration with the students of The University of Great Falls, THE DEAD LEGEND, directed by MICHAEL GILBOE. THE DEAD LEGEND will play t... |
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